6:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Funny|language|Politics|race · Comments Off
23 Jun 2009…in English. From Think Progress, this is hilarious.

These fools were at a “conferenece” (!) arguing for English Only, spelling the word “conference” como el culo and using Sonia Sotomayor as the central figure for their ignorant rhetoric:
PAT BUCHANAN: Judge Sotomayor is up there at school in New York, she gets a scholarship to Princeton, she’s graduated with all these big honors and awards they said she never won. What’s she doing there in the summer? They said her adviser told her to read children’s classics so she can learn English better. How do you graduate number one in Princeton if you’re in the summer and you’re reading Rumpelstiltskin and Snow White? [laughter] [...]
Yeah…”so she can learn English better”… What tense are we speaking in? Nice grammar on you, too, Pat!
That’s a segue into a delusional rant about how Obama is out to make everyone speak Spanish:
PETER BRIMELOW: I really do recommend the language issue because you know that polls better than immigration and affirmative action. Eighty-five percent of Americans say they would favor official language policy. The wonderful thing about this issue if you look at what’s going to actually happen here is you’re going to find that the Obama administration is going to gradually institute institutional bilingualism in the country. It’s going to be required to speak Spanish in key positions, the police force and so on. This is a direct attack on the American working class because they are not going to be bilingual.
Right. Because Obama himself speaks Spanish so well.
WHAT. THE. F***?!
This is what we call in Spanish patadas de ahogado. The Republicans are giving up the ghost.
Via / Think Progress and Hispanic Tips (Thanks Tomás)
10:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|midwest|Politics|society|Wisconsin · Comments Off
23 Jun 2009
When you think of progressive policies around the treatment of undocumented immigrants, you might think of cities like San Francisco. You wouldn’t necessarily think of America’s heartland, but that’s just where an important issue is being raised and rallied for. A plan included in the Wisconsin state budget this month which would allow for undocumented immigrants to be able to obtain drivers licenses (actually referred to as “drivers license certificates”) is currently being debated in the state legislature.
A coalition of dairy farmers, police and Latino advocates are making a final push to convince lawmakers to create a new driver’s card for illegal immigrants.The advocates held a press conference Monday at the Capitol to push for the cards they saw lowers insurance rates and will improve the safety of Wisconsin roads.
They also say in difficult economic times, it would bring in over a million dollars to the state budget and help farmers get workers to the farms.
The Assembly passed the measure as part of a budget bill, but the Senate has rejected it.
The two sides will try to reconcile the bill this week.
Proponents say that the bill would make roads safer, as those without licenses are driving anyway, and a driving certificate will help ensure they adhere to traffic laws. On the other side, opponents counter that this will send a message to undocumented people that “it’s OK to break the law”.
Currently, only one state allows undocumented immigrants to obtain licenses: Utah.
Via / WSAW and Channel 3000
10:34 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Culture|Events|media justice|Puerto Rico|Women · Comments Off
23 Jun 20097:40 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Education|Immigration|Politics|Uncategorized|Washington DC|youth · 2 Comments
23 Jun 2009
Today hundreds of young people with promising futures will be in the U.S.’s capital to celebrate their achievements but also to demand that their immigration status not act as a roadblock for them to move forward. It’s the National DREAM Graduation ceremony, hosted by the United We Dream Coalition (UWD).
Each year, 65,000 immigrant students who graduate from U.S. high schools are barred from pursuing their dreams of higher education. Advocates will underscore the importance of advancing the “DREAM Act” and the “American Dream Act” to give these youth a chance to attend college and pursue their goals.
I’ve written about the DREAM Act many times, including some discussion of some of the problems with how the DREAM Act is framed in relation to comprehensive immigration reform.
I personally have dear friends and loved ones who are in the middle of this struggle and I think that moving forward on this is an important front in the wider struggle for human rights for all immigrants and their children.
The National Graduation goes down at noon today in DC but there are actions all over the country that people can plus into.
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